Water-heater



(No Model.)

C. PICK.

WATER EEATEE.

10.245,399'.- i I Patented Aug. 9,1881.

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CHARLES PICK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,399, dated August 9, 1881,

Application led May 2, 1881. (No model.) l

To atl whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES PK, ot' Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vater-I-Ieaters, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is to produce a simple, convenient, and etlicient device for heating water, especially designed for use in saloons and other like places, and my invention consists in the peculiar construction of my Water-heater, as fully hereinafter explained, and pointed out by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is a perspective view of the water-heater, and Fig. L. a central vertical section ot' the same.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in both figures.

A is a cylindrical vessel, having in the lower end ofthe saine a conical chimney, B, which is secured to the vessel A at its lower edge and projects up into the same. From the top of this conical chimney extends a pipe, C, projeeting up through the annular cover l), which sets into the top ot' the vessel A. With the lower end ot' the water-sgace ot' the vessel A is connected a faucet, E, for drawing off the water as required.

Below the vessel A, as thus constructed, is placed a gas or wick burner, the heat from the Llame being drawn up through the center of the vessel A, and the conical chimney B giving a large heating-surface, which enables the water to be heated in an exceedingly short time.

The form of lamp which I prefer for heating the water in the vessel A is shown in the drawings. It is composed ot' a cylindrical oilreservoir, F, on the center of which is mounted a burner, Cr. The shell of the oil-reservoir F is extended upwardly above the top ot' such reservoir, forming a j aeket, H, which surrounds the burner and rises above the same.

Upon the top ofthe jacket H rests the vessel A, such vessel having a tlange, a, which enters said jacket and forms a ti ght joint therewith, and a bead, b, which rests upon "the wired upper edge, o, of thejacket.

Upon the cone-plate d ot' the burner Grests a flaring annular shield, I, which at its upper edge fits closely against the inner side ot' the flange a of the vessel A. This shield completes the chimney, in connection with the upper portion, B, and only permits the air to reach the flame by entering under the cone through the perforated diaphragm e, which surrounds the wick-tube.

The jacket H has a number of openings,f, through which air enters such jacket for feeding the. flame and for keeping the oil-reservoir cool. rIhe jacket H has a larger opening, g, near its top, on one side, which is coincident with a glazed opening, h, in the shield I, so that the condition ofthe ilame can be readily ascertained. Another large opening, t", is made in thejacket H, opposite the milled head of the wick-adjusting stem, whereby access can be had to adj ustthe wick withoutraising the vessel A offof the saidjacket. The shell ofthejacket H and oil-reservoir F forms a continuation of 7o the shell ot' the vessel A, so that the whole makes a symmetrical and compact article.

What I claim as my invention is- A water-heater composed ofthe water-vessel A, provided with a conical chimney, B, having pipe C projecting upwardly therefrom to and above the cover D, a faucet, E, and a nange, a, at its bottom, oil-reservoir F, having upwardly-extending shell or sides, and forming ajacket, H, for supporting the vessel A, said jacket having ventilatin g-openin gs j" and openings g and i, for the purpose described, the burner G, and the flaring annular shield I, closely titting against the inner side of the flange a, and having a glazed opening, h, as described.

CHARLES PICK.

-Witnesses F. W. KASEHAGEN, OLIVER W. MARBLE. 

